Taffet v. Southern Co., s. 90-7088
| Decision Date | 10 April 1992 |
| Docket Number | Nos. 90-7088,90-8452,s. 90-7088 |
| Parties | , RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 8054 M.R. TAFFET and Robert M. Fierman, on Behalf of Themselves and all of the Persons, Corporations, Municipalities, and other Entities, other than the Defendants, who are Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The SOUTHERN CO., Southern Company Services, Inc., Alabama Power Company and Arthur Andersen & Co., Defendants-Appellees. Frederick Rodgers CARR, Carr Sales Company, O.E.M. Products, Inc., Timothy Dunn Stokely, III and all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The SOUTHERN COMPANY, Southern Company Services, Inc., Georgia Power Company, and Arthur Andersen & Co., Defendants-Appellees. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit |
Eddie Leitman, Andrew P. Campbell, S. Lynne Stephens, Leitman, Siegal, Payne & Campbell, P.C., Birmingham, Ala., Richard H. Gill, J. Fairley McDonald, III, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.
John A. Boudet, Jerry R. Linscott, Baker & Hostetler, Orlando, Fla., for Taffett & Fierman.
Andrew M. Scherffius, Andrew M. Scherffius, P.C., A. Timothy Jones, Joseph C. Freeman, Jack N. Sibley, Freeman & Hawkins, Atlanta, Ga., for Taffet, et al.
Larry Moffett, Jackson Henderson Chiles, III, Daniel, Coker, Horton and Bell, P.A., Jackson, Miss., for M.R. Taffett, et al.
M. Roland Nachman, Jr., T.W. Thagard, Jr., Maury D. Smith, John P. Scott, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., for Alabama Power.
James E. Joiner, Hugh M. Davenport, Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Atlanta, Ga., for Southern Co.
M. Robert Thornton, Michael C. Russ, King & Spaulding, Atlanta, Ga., for Arthur Andersen & Co.
Appeals from the United States District Courts for the Middle District of Alabama and the Southern District of Georgia; Robert E. Varner, and Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., Judges.
PETITIONS FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTIONS FOR REHEARING EN BANC
(Opinion May 6, 1991, 11th Cir., 1991, 930 F.2d 847)
Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, FAY, KRAVITCH, HATCHETT, COX, BIRCH and DUBINA, Circuit Judges. *
A member of this court in active service having requested a poll on the applications for rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in this court in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,
IT IS ORDERED that the above causes shall be reheard by this court en banc. The previous panel's opinion is hereby VACATED.
* Judges R. Lanier...
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